(PHOTOGRAPHY) Woman wearing a beaded coat holding a book

Sale 2204 - Lot 347

Price Realized: $ 450

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Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600

(PHOTOGRAPHY.) Woman wearing a beaded coat, holding a book. Sixth-plate tintype with some deterioration to the surface at the edges, especially at the bottom. Np, circa 1860s

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A very unusual image of a woman with definite African features and close, tight hair, wearing what appears to be a homemade coat with heavy beadwork. In her hands is a large book--possibly a Bible.